San Marino Radar Unit Becomes Regular Police Tool
Police Chief Joseph G Miller says San Marino radar operation is now a regular feature and drivers may see signs stating speed limit checked by radar The unit also conducts speed studies and verifies posted speed limits In residential areas 85 percent of drivers stay within reasonable limits while 13 percent riskier drivers are targeted by the radar and Sergeant Herbert Richter notes the system aids traffic enforcement and safety
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San Marino
Joseph G. Miller
Miller
Electronic Guardian
Herbert Richter
Library Expands Career Service For Students
The San Marino Public Library has strengthened and expanded its career information service to help high school and college students choose careers. The program offers up to date authoritative information, with a large career collection of books and pamphlets and detailed job data within larger fields.
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San Marino Public Library
Church Variance Approved with Parking Restrictions
San Marino City Council upheld the Planning Commission approval of a variance for the Congregational Church with added limits. Parking lots to be exclusive, a buffer fet maintained, and northward parking lot entrance. council members supported the variance despite neighbor opposition citing precedent concerns.
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Planning Commission
Congregational Church
San Marino
City Hall
Harry Hitchcock
Huntington Library to host American Bar Association members
Trustees of the Huntington Library welcome members of the American Bar Association for tea reception and a special exhibit on Monday August 25. Highlighted items include Sir William Blackstone’s Com mentaries and satiric caricatures by Hogarth Rowlandson Doyle Hirschfeld and Daumier with seven Daymier bronze busts.
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Huntington
Huntington Library
American Bar Association
Association
Los Angeles
Sir William Blackstone
Oxford University
England
Hogarth
Rowlandson
Doyle
Hirschfeld
Honore Daumier
Daumier
Daymier
National Gallery of Art
Rosen
City Enters Mutual Aid Agreement With Nearby Cities
San Marino joined a mutual aid pact becoming the second of six cities to commit fire and police support for day to day emergencies. Monterey Park also signed. others contacted include South Pasadena Pasadena Alhambra and San Gabriel. The deal excludes national emergencies and does not force cities to divert personnel when local protection requires it.
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San Marino
Monterey Park
South Pasadena
Pasadena
Alhambra
San Gabriel
Spanish American Vet. W. Hackett Services Held
Requiem mass was held at Holy Angels Church Arcadia for William F. Hackett a Spanish American War veteran resident of Arcadia for 16 years He died August 16 at Long Beach Veterans Hospital He was native of Chicago former owner of Hackett Tire and Battery Survivors include his wife Agnes Hackett daughter Mrs James Edgar Lewis sister Miss Katherine Hackett and three grandchildren
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Church of Holy Angels
Arcadia
William F. Hackett
West Avenue
Hackett
Long Beach Veterans Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Hackett Tire and Battery
Agnes C. Hackett
James Edgar Lewis
This City
Katherine Hackett
Los Angeles
Move To Implement Charity Ordinance In San Marino
San Marino officials move to implement a new door to door charity drive ordinance. The law creates a non solicitation list of residents who refuse door to door solicitations and requires organizations to confirm respect for wishes before drives. The SAC assesses donor group finances drive dates methods and estimated funds with the city manager city clerk and police chief on the committee. Citizens previously supported a prohibitive approach in a postcard plebiscite.
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San Marino
Charles E. Martin
San Marino restricts door to door charity drives
San Marino enacted a new ordinance regulating charity drives with doorbell solicitations. The Muscular Dystrophy association requested permission to conduct a drive after the ordinance’s passage. The council approved the ordinance 4 to 1 with Mayor Ide and four councilmen voting yes and Councilman E M Peterson voting no.
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The
Muscular Dystrophy Charitable Organization
San Marino
Ide
McClarty Harbison
Harry Hitchcock
Theodore S. Burnett
E. M. Peterson
Auction Ban Proposed in San Marino Zoning
The San Marino City Council gave first reading to a proposed ordinance restricting auctions in residential zones. Court ordered sales are exempt but must occur indoors if the ordinance advances. Auctions would not be permitted on Sundays and must run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for future consideration.
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San Marino
Mischief At Riviera Restaurant In San Marino
San Marino police arrested three juvenile suspects after repeated entries and mischief at the Riviera Restaurant along the drive. The youths first damaged a rear window on August 12 and returned later that week, with a bicycle license number recorded during Sunday’s incident. Police detained all three shortly after follow up. A separate August 16 theft at San Marino Sporting Goods Store saw a thief take two spinning reels.
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San Marino
Riviera
Hughes On Committee Ebbert Named to Goodwill Open House
Hughes of this city is named to the Open House Committee of Goodwill Industries of Southern California. The event runs October 7 to 9 in connection with National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week starting October 5.
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Ebbert Hughes
Goodwill Industries
Southern California
National
City Swim Meet contestants train for Al City event
Morning workouts at the San Marino Community Pool prepare youth swimmers ages six to sixteen for the All City Swim Meet. Registration is required by September 2 with no late entries. heats for preliminaries will be posted September 3 and held September 4 to select finalists for the 7:30 p.m. final.
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San Marino
San Marino Kiwanis Club
Injunction Denies San Marino Church Playground Parking
Pasadena Judge awards city an injunction blocking SS Felicitas and Perpetua Church from using an R-1 lot along Palo Verde as a playground or parking area A second court ruling upholds the variance denial and sets stage for a November decision on a rectory construction case with an appeal planned by the church.
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San Marino
SS Felicitas and Perpetua
Palomar
Pasadena
Superior Court
Kenneth C. Newell
SS. Felicitas and Perpetua
Catholic Church
Gamut
Planning Commission
Weigh In Scheduled On Sept 17 For San Marino High
San Marino High School announces September 17 as the official weigh in day for boys seeking to qualify for the B C and D football teams. Athletic director Garland Lewis emphasizes all eligible boys must weigh in during the day to determine team placement.
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San Marino
Garland Lewis
San Marinans Set for North American Junior Sailing
Tom Gates and Skip Allan of San Marino will race their 18 foot sloop in the Vancouver championships at the end of August as they bid to become North American Junior Sailing champions.
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Tom Gates
St. Alban’s Road
Allan
Old Mill Road
San Marino
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
City Council Records Appeal Hearings For Variances
Citizens appeal two San Marino Planning Commission variance decisions. City Council spent $514.01 on court reporters this year. Congregational Church variance hearings ran 80 pages costing $236.60. Nantuckets Estes variance recorded at 11 pages costing $277.41.
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San Marino
Planning Commission
Congregational Church
Nieupot Estes
Arnold Property On Drive Gives Way To Time And City Building Progress
The Seaves Trophy sailors Allan and Gates win eliminations at Newport Beach and quarter finals in Santa Barbara. They prepare to sail the 18 foot sloop from Vancouver with Gates at the helm for a team effort. Meanwhile the Arnold property at Los Robles and the drive is replaced by the Estes Professional Building a 150000 dollar, one story structure with 70 plus parking spots after a Planning Commission variance. Ralph Arnold, a pioneering oil geologist and Throop and Stanford alumnus, worked across the US and in Venezuela and helped Hoover’s 1932 campaign.
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Seaves
Newport Beach
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Allan
Snowbirds
Gates
San Marino High School Sailing Lab
Vancouver
Arnold
Ralph Arnold
Nieuport B. Estes
Los Robles Avenue
Drive
Estes Professional
San Marino
City Planning Commission
Ralph ‘Arnold
Seg Ae
Secore
Vene
Zuela
South America
Venezuela
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Trinidad
Throop Institute
Stanford University
US Geological Survey
Washington, D.C
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
T. J
California
Auto Accident Claims Life of Waggeners in Nova Scotia
Mrs Charlotte Doig Waggen er and her son George A Waggen er were killed in an automobile accident in Nova Scotia last Sunday. They were en route to New York City to join Roy G Waggener. The Waggeners formerly lived on Euclid Avenue and recently on Diamond Avenue in South Pasadena. Funeral services are set for Monday at 11 a m at the Oneonta Congregational Church in South Pasadena with burial in Oakland.
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Charlotte Doig Waggener
George A
Nova Scotia
New York City
Roy G. Waggener
Waggeners
Euclid Avenue
Diamond Avenue
South Pasadena
Mother
Oneonta Congregational Church
Oakland
Postal Receipts Total Up $12,217 Fine Summary
Postal receipts show a total of 12 21798 dollars as fines collected in July 1957. The story notes a Senate briefing or discussion following the tallies.
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Senate
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Knox Farrand
James C. Greene
Robert Hastings
Truax Hunter
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John Pigott
John E. Pomfret
Robert O. Schad
Graham Sterling
Herbert Sturdy
Richard von Hagen
Francis Wheat
George Whitney
Sharp Whitmore
Lloyd Wright
Mary Isabel Fry
Constance Lodge
John Brown
Kansas
Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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